re Barnett

There are several FoPo types on the democratic side who have good ideas and a vision. And they claim it doesn’t matter actually who is president because some of these factors are so self-evident that an administration on either side would pay attention to them.

On a certain level that’s probably true, but the devil is in the details. All I have to remember is the Jimmy Carter presidency.

As I understand it Barnett was advising an underling of Rumsfeld. And the only criticism of Bush’s policies I got out of the talk was not enough coziness with China and India in our coalition of the willing. I think he’s right there. But it doesn’t mean Bush wouldn’t work to change that.

Kerry will work harder for France and Germany neither of whom matter as much to the future as China and India.